Kung Fu Hustle 2004
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It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
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Vocabulary
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| 久仰大名 久仰大名 | I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom) | |
| 正邪 正邪 | opposition between vital energy and pathogeny (TCM) | |
| 扬名 揚名 | to become famous; to become notorious | |
| 经脉 經脈 | channel of TCM | |
| 砍死 砍死 | to hack to death; to kill with an ax | |
| 蛤蟆 蛤蟆 | frog; toad | |
| 两手 兩手 | one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise | |
| 用得着 用得著 | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to | |
| 遍地 遍地 | everywhere; all over | |
| 挨打 挨打 | to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack | |
| 造反 造反 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 排行榜 排行榜 | the charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking | |
| 拖鞋 拖鞋 | slippers; sandals; flip-flops | |
| 地下室 地下室 | basement; cellar | |
| 心愿 心願 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 租金 租金 | rent | |
| 平凡 平凡 | commonplace; ordinary; mediocre | |
| 医药 醫藥 | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 犯规 犯規 | to break the rules; an illegality; a foul | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 发起 發起 | to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time) | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 箭 箭 | arrow | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 肝 肝 | liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy | |
| 同一 同一 | identical; the same | |
| 成分 成分 | composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 当天 當天 | on that day | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 夺 奪 | to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose | |
| 踏 踏 | see 踏实 | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 精 精 | essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic) | |
| 市民 市民 | city resident | |
| 形 形 | to appear; to look; form; shape | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 本身 本身 | itself; in itself; per se | |
| 踢 踢 | to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly |